Canon PowerShot A490 User manual

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ImageBrowser EX

CameraWindow

• EOS camera users: Use EOS Utility instead of CameraWindow for these opera-

tions. Also refer to the EOS Utility Instruction Manual, provided in PDF format.

• Tab and button colors identify the current section—green for ImageBrowser EX

and blue for CameraWindow.

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ImageBrowser EX

User Guide

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Introduction Basic Operations Advanced Operations Appendix

Manual Conventions and Navigation, System

Considerations

Conventions in This Manual

Manual Navigation

Supported Operating Environments

System Requirements

Conventions in This Manual

The following labels are used to distinguish sections in this manual:

Indicates operations in Windows environments.

Indicates operations in Mac OS environments.

Windows operations are used in some cases to illustrate instructions in this manual. On

Macintosh keyboards, the equivalent of ‘Ctrl’ is ‘command’, and the equivalent of ‘Enter’

is ‘return’. Instead of right-clicking, Macintosh users can hold ‘command’ and click.

Screenshots in explanations are mainly from Windows. Some screen elements may be dif-

ferent in Mac OS environments.

Indicates operating precautions that should be followed, or important information to

note. Be sure to read these sections.

Indicates operating tips and convenient ways to use the software. Read these sections as

needed.

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Manual Navigation

• Click tabs or buttons to access other pages.

Tabs

Click a tab on the top of the page to access the first page in that section.

Buttons

Navigation is also possible by clicking the buttons on the bottom of the page.

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2 Return to the page shown before

you clicked the link.

3 Jump to the previous page.

4 Jump to the next page.

• Click links to access other pages.

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Supported Operating Environments

• Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.8 screenshots and procedures are used to illustrate instructions

in this manual. If you are using another version of operating system, the actual screens and

procedures may be different.

• Screens and procedures may also vary depending on the model of camera/camcorder, and not

all functions may be available, as noted in relevant sections of this manual.

• Use the software when online to take advantage of auto updating. Note that auto updating is

not available when offline, which will prevent you from obtaining any new functions that are

released.

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System Requirements

Windows

Operating System Windows 8 / 8.1

Windows 7 SP1

Computer Computer running one of the above operating systems (preinstalled); Internet connec-

tion required for auto updating

CPU (Still Images) 1.6 GHz or higher

CPU (Movies) [HD models]

Core 2 Duo 1.66 GHz or higher

[Full HD models]*

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Camcorders: Core i5 3.0 GHz or higher

Digital cameras: Core i7 2.8 GHz or higher

RAM (Still Images) 64-bit: 2 GB or more

32-bit: 1 GB or more

RAM (Movies) 2 GB or more

Free Hard Disk Space ImageBrowser EX: 250 MB or more*

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PhotoStitch: 40 MB or more

Display 1,024 x 768 resolution or higher

*1 Recommended specifications for Full HD movie playback in ImageBrowser EX.

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Includes Silverlight 5.1 (max. 100 MB).

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Operating System OS X 10.9*¹, 10.8*¹

Computer Computer running one of the above operating systems (preinstalled); Internet connec-

tion required for auto updating

CPU (Still Images) Core 2 Duo or higher

CPU (Movies) [HD models]

Core 2 Duo or higher

[Full HD models]*

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Camcorders: Core i5 3.0 GHz or higher

Digital cameras: Core i7 2.8 GHz or higher

RAM (Still Images) 2 GB or more

RAM (Movies) 2 GB or more

Free Hard Disk Space ImageBrowser EX: 350 MB or more*

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PhotoStitch: 50 MB or more

Display 1,024 x 768 resolution or higher

*1 Information on computer models compatible with OS X 10.9 and 10.8 is available on the Apple website.

*2 Recommended specifications for Full HD movie playback in ImageBrowser EX.

*3

Includes Silverlight 5.1 (max. 100 MB).

For the latest compatibility information, including supported OS versions, visit the Canon

website.

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Software Described in This Instruction Manual

Using mainly the following two programs, you can import images and manage them on your

computer.

zCameraWindow/EOS Utility

Used for basic image management, such as

importing images from the camera/camcorder.

• Users of cameras/camcorders other than EOS

cameras: Use CameraWindow for these opera-

tions. Also refer to the CameraWindow User

Guide (provided in PDF format).

• EOS camera users: Use EOS Utility for these

operations. However, versions of EOS

Utility before 2.10 are not compatible with

ImageBrowser EX. Also refer to the EOS Utility

Instruction Manual (provided in PDF format).

zImageBrowser EX

• Once you import images from your camera/cam-

corder and close CameraWindow or EOS Utility,

the main ImageBrowser EX window is displayed.

• Use ImageBrowser EX to manage images

imported to your computer. With ImageBrowser

EX, you can browse, edit, and print images on

your computer.

• The display will be updated automatically if you use operating system utilities or

other software to move, delete, or rename folders registered in ImageBrowser EX

(or images in these folders) while ImageBrowser EX is in use. If the display is not

updated automatically, click in the toolbar.

• To view which folders are registered in ImageBrowser EX, see “Configuring

Preference Settings”.

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Starting ImageBrowser EX Alone

To browse, edit, and print images already imported to your computer, you can also start

ImageBrowser EX as follows:

• Double-click the desktop icon.

• In the taskbar, click the ‘Start’ menu → ‘All Programs’ → ‘Canon Utilities’ →

‘ImageBrowser EX’ → ‘ImageBrowser EX’ icon.

• Click the ‘ImageBrowser EX’ Dock icon.

• Navigate to the ‘Applications’ folder → ‘Canon Utilities’ folder →

‘ImageBrowser EX’ folder and double-click the ‘ImageBrowser EX’ icon.

Accessing Help

Depending on the screen, a Help button (

) is displayed. Click for instructions or a description

of screen elements.

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Table of Contents

Manual Conventions and Navigation, System Considerations .........................................................3

Software Described in This Instruction Manual ................................................................................ 7

Introduction .............................................................................................................10

Importing Images .........................................................................................................................10

Printing ........................................................................................................................................ 16

Basic Operations ......................................................................................................19

Screen Elements ........................................................................................................................... 19

Switching Display Modes ..............................................................................................................23

Browser Area Tasks ......................................................................................................................24

Properties Window: Image Details ................................................................................................25

Viewing Slideshows ......................................................................................................................26

Playing Movies ............................................................................................................................. 27

Updating the Software and Obtaining New Functions ..................................................................28

Advanced Operations .............................................................................................29

Organizing Images ....................................................................................................................... 29

Editing Still Images .......................................................................................................................35

Tagging Images ............................................................................................................................41

Preference Settings .......................................................................................................................44

Editing Movies ..............................................................................................................................45

Using Online Services, Emailing Images .........................................................................................48

GPS .............................................................................................................................................. 53

Appendix .................................................................................................................56

Index ............................................................................................................................................ 56

Uninstallation ............................................................................................................................... 57

Memory Card Folder Structure .....................................................................................................58

Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................... 60

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Basic Operations Advanced Operations AppendixIntroduction

Importing Images

Camera/Camcorder–Computer Connection

Precautions

Non-EOS Cameras: Importing Images with

CameraWindow

EOS Cameras Only: Importing Images with

EOS Utility

Importing Images from Memory Cards

Camera/Camcorder–Computer Connection Precautions

• When connecting the camera/camcorder to a computer via an interface cable, connect

the interface cable directly to the USB port. Connection via a USB hub may prevent correct

operation.

• Using other USB devices (except USB mouse devices or keyboards) when the camera/cam-

corder is connected may prevent correct operation. In this case, disconnect the other devices

from the computer and reconnect the camera/camcorder.

• Do not connect multiple cameras or camcorders to a single computer. This may prevent cor-

rect camera/camcorder operation.

• Do not allow the computer to enter sleep (or standby) mode while a camera/camcorder is con-

nected via an interface cable. If this does happen, leave the interface cable connected to the

computer and try to wake the computer while the camera is still connected. Some computers

may not recover from sleep correctly if the interface cable is disconnected while they are in

sleep mode. For details on sleep or standby mode, refer to the computer user manual.

• Do not disconnect your camera/camcorder from the computer while the CameraWindow or

EOS Utility screen is displayed.

• When connecting a battery-powered camera/camcorder to the computer, make sure

the device is fully charged, or use an AC adapter kit or a compact power adapter

(may be sold separately, depending on your model).

• When connecting an AA battery-powered camera/camcorder to the computer, use

batteries with sufficient charge, optional fully charged AA NiMH batteries, or an

optional compact power adapter.

• For connection instructions, refer to the camera/camcorder user guide.

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Non-EOS Cameras: Importing Images with CameraWindow

Connect your camera/camcorder to the computer and import images as follows:

• Instructions in this ImageBrowser EX User Guide apply when the program has been installed correctly. For instal-

lation instructions, refer to the camera/camcorder user guide.

Connect your camera/camcorder to

the computer via the included inter-

face cable.

Start CameraWindow.

Æ Turn the camera/camcorder on

and prepare it for communication

with the computer.

• After the first time you connect the camera/

camcorder to the computer via the included

interface cable, CameraWindow will start up

automatically.

Camera

Follow these steps.

1. In the taskbar, click

.

2. When the screen on the left is displayed,

click ’Change program’ next to

.

3. Select ‘Downloads Images From Canon

Camera using Canon CameraWindow’,

and then click ‘OK’.

4. Double-click

.

• On the screen on the left, double-click

‘Change general settings’ and adjust the set-

tings as desired. From now on, whenever the

camera/camcorder and computer are ready

for communication, your selected program

will start up automatically.

Windows 8

Select the screen for choosing what to

do with the device, and then choose

‘Downloads Images From Canon Camera

using Canon CameraWindow’.

Windows Vista

On the screen displayed, select ‘Downloads

Images From Canon Camera using Canon

CameraWindow’.

Windows XP

On the screen displayed, select ‘Canon

CameraWindow’, and then click ‘OK’.

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Whenever the camera and com-

puter are ready for communication,

CameraWindow will start up.

Camcorder

Select ‘Canon CameraWindow’

and click ‘OK’.

Windows 8

Select the screen for choosing what to

do with the device, and then choose

‘Downloads Images From Canon Camera

using Canon CameraWindow’.

Windows XP/Windows Vista

When the ‘AutoPlay’ window appears, click

‘Downloads Images From Canon Camera

using Canon CameraWindow’.

• If a camcorder and memory card reader are con-

nected at the same time, a dialog appears allowing

you to select the camcorder model. Confirm that

‘Canon Camera’ or your camcorder model name is

displayed and click ‘OK’.

Whenever the camcorder and com-

puter are ready for communication,

CameraWindow will start up.

Click [Import Images from Camera],

and then click [Import Untransferred

Images].

• Only images that you have not transferred to

the computer will be imported.

• If you have used the GPS logger function, log

files will also be imported.

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Click [OK] on the screen displayed

after importing, and then close

CameraWindow.

Imported images are now shown in the main

ImageBrowser EX window.

• On initial ImageBrowser EX startup, a screen

is displayed for specifying where to save

imported images. Follow the instructions dis-

played to choose the destination folder .

• Importing problems may occur if there are

too many images (more than 1,000) on the

memory card. In this case, use a memory card

reader to import the images. For instructions

on importing images from a memory card

reader, see “Importing Images from Memory

Cards”.

•

Movies take longer to import, due to the

larger file size.

• On camcorders, files that exceed 4 GB or

movies that are longer than 1 hour are

split and recorded as multiple files. When

these files are detected and you close

CameraWindow, a message is displayed. You

can click [Yes] to join the files.

Turn the camera/camcorder off.

Although ImageBrowser EX can still be used while files are being joined, operation

may be sluggish, and movie playback may not be smooth.

• Importing movies using built-in Windows 7 import functions may prevent them

from being shown in ImageBrowser EX. Instead, use CameraWindow for importing.

• CameraWindow may not start up in some versions of Windows, even when you

connect your camera/camcorder. In this case, click the ‘Start’ menu and select ‘All

Programs’ Æ ‘Canon Utilities’ Æ ‘CameraWindow’ Æ ‘CameraWindow’.

• If CameraWindow does not start up even when you connect your camera, click the

‘CameraWindow’ Dock icon.

Split movie files can also be joined by right-clicking their folder in ImageBrowser EX and choos-

ing the menu command to combine them.

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EOS Cameras Only: Importing Images with EOS Utility

Connect your EOS camera to the computer and import images as follows:

• These instructions apply when EOS Utility has been installed correctly.

• For further details, refer to the EOS Utility Instruction Manual (provided in PDF format).

Connect your camera to the com-

puter via the included interface cable.

Turn the camera on and start EOS

Utility.

Configure EOS Utility so that

ImageBrowser EX starts up after

image importing.

1. On the EOS Utility menu screen, click

[Preferences].

2. On the [Linked Software] tab, select

[ImageBrowser EX] in [Software to link]

and click [OK].

Click [Starts to download images].

Imported images are now shown in the main

ImageBrowser EX window.

• On initial ImageBrowser EX startup, a screen

is displayed for specifying where to save

imported images. Follow the instructions

displayed to choose the destination folder

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Click [Quit] to exit EOS Utility, and

then turn the camera off.

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Importing Images from Memory Cards

ImageBrowser EX is used to import images from memory cards. You can use this program with

EOS cameras as well as other cameras/camcorders.

First, insert the memory card in the

memory card reader.

When a screen is displayed for

selecting an action, choose ‘View/

Download Images Using Canon

ImageBrowser EX’.

ImageBrowser EX now starts

up, and the screen on the left is

displayed.

When you insert a memory card

in the memory card reader,

ImageBrowser EX starts up and the

window on the left is displayed.

Follow the instructions displayed to import images.

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Printing

Printing Individual Images on a Sheet

Printing Contact Sheets

Printing Individual Images on a Sheet

Print individual images on single sheets of paper as follows:

Printing Scenes in Movies

Although movies cannot be printed, you can extract, save, and print still images from movies.

For instructions on extracting still images from movies, see “Extracting Multiple Images from

Movie”.

Select an image to print, click [Print],

and then select [Print Images].

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Complete the print settings as

desired.

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1 Specify the printer, paper size, borderless printing

options, and so on.

2 Select your preferred printing format for the shoot-

ing date/time.

3 Specify whether or not to maintain the aspect ratio

of cropped images when you print them.

4 Crop images to avoid printing unwanted image

areas.

5 Add text to images before printing.

Click [Print].

The image is now printed.

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Printing Contact Sheets

Print rows of images as follows:

Select images to print, click [Print],

and then select [Print Contact Sheet].

Complete the print settings as

desired.

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1 Specify the printer, paper size, and other options.

2 Specify the number of rows and columns.

3 Configure settings to print details such as shoot-

ing information, a header or footer, and page

numbers.

4 Preview the images to print. Also, select images to

rotate or crop.

5 Rotate selected images.

6 Crop selected images to avoid printing unwanted

image areas.

Click [Print].

The image is now printed.

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Screen Elements

Main Window

Tree View

Launcher Area

Toolbar

Browser Control Bar

Main Window

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1 Launcher Area

Select tasks to perform.

2 Tree View

Select folders to view. For

details, see “Tree View”.

3 Toolbar

Rotate or delete images,

or perform other tasks. For

details, see “Toolbar”.

4 Browser Area

Rows of images are shown in

this area.

Icons near images indicate

image properties. For details,

see “Properties Icons” below.

5 Browser Control Bar

Settings governing display in

the browser area. For details,

see “Browser Control Bar”.

• The buttons shown vary depending on camera/camcorder model.

Properties Icons

These icons are shown in the browser area, near images.

Images shot in Stitch Assist mode

RAW Image

To view RAW images shot in aspect ratios

other than 4:3, use Digital Photo Professional

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Images shot in AEB mode

Movies

Geotagged images

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Tree View

Imported images are managed on the basis of folders. To view or browse images organized by

folders, shooting date, or other criteria, click the relevant item (folder) listed in the tree view.

• By default, importing images using CameraWindow or EOS Utility will create new folders to store them, named

with the shooting dates.

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1 [Folders]

Shows destination folders where images are stored.

2 [Shooting Date]

Images organized by shooting date. Browse images by selecting a

date (year/month/day).

3 [People]

People’s names (as assigned to images or acquired from cameras sup-

porting Face ID) are listed here. This area is useful when browsing

shots of friends, family members, or other people. (Only available with

cameras supporting Face ID.)

4 [Landmarks]

Folders named after landmarks. By adding landmark names here that

represent shooting sites or areas, you can assign images to specific

landmark folders to view them together.

5 [Groups]

Folders named after groups. By adding group names of your choice,

you can assign images to specific group folders to view them

together.

6 [History]

Shows images recently imported or printed.

7 [Smart Grouping]

Folders can be created according to your preferred conditions. Once

you import images into ImageBrowser EX, the images are automati-

cally sorted into relevant folders depending on which conditions they

match. For details, see “Advanced Image Searching Conditions: Smart

Grouping”.

• The buttons shown vary depending on camera/camcorder model.

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